Senior Cloud Architect

Overview

Ripple is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Architect to join the Treasury Reconciliation team in Sydney, Australia. This position focuses on owning the infrastructure of a growing reconciliation platform that helps financial institutions and enterprises close their books and manage financial processes. The role involves setting the technical direction, architecture, and design for the platform with a strong emphasis on performance, stability, security, and scalability. This is a hands-on technical leadership position rather than a management or pure strategy role, requiring the creation of core foundational code and reference implementations alongside guiding senior infrastructure engineers.

Who can apply

Applicants must hold a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or possess equivalent practical experience. Candidates need a minimum of five years of hands-on experience designing and owning large-scale distributed infrastructure, including a proven track record of making independent architecture decisions. Additionally, applicants must have at least three years of experience serving as a technical lead and mentoring engineers. Visa sponsorship may be available for suitable candidates.

Requirements

Candidates are required to have at least three years of deep expertise working with AWS and Kubernetes. The role calls for proficiency in Linux and Windows server environments, along with robust experience building and maintaining cloud infrastructure across AWS and Azure. Applicants must be skilled in infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform and ArgoCD, as well as scripting languages including Bash and Python. Experience with data infrastructure and processing technologies such as Spark and MSSQL is necessary, particularly in building systems that handle high-volume transactional workloads within the finance sector. Cybersecurity experience is considered a plus.

What you get

Full-time employees receive competitive compensation packages that include competitive salaries, bonuses, and equity. Comprehensive benefits cover physical and mental healthcare, retirement plans, family forming support, and family planning benefits, alongside an employee giving match. Additional perks include a mobile phone stipend, rest and recharge days, a generous vacation policy, wellness reimbursements, weekly programming, industry-leading parental leave, catered lunches, fully stocked kitchens, and various team activities and offsites. A professional development budget is also provided to support ongoing learning.

How to apply

Interested candidates can apply through the organization's standard application procedures for employment opportunities.